Ka Wahine Kapu (O Kama’ule’ule)
Composed by Lei‘ohu Ryder
December 27, 1999
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Kou leo e na makani keawe’ula e
Kou kino e na mamo a’o ua
Ka leo e na makani i uka mai
Ka wahine kapu ia o Kama’ule’ule
Kou leo e na lehulehu
Kou kino e na pua ‘iliahi
Ka i’ini mai kou pa’a la’a e
Ka wahine kapu ia o Kama’ule’ule
Kama’ule’ule e ta ua tapu e
Kou leo e na makana o ka ‘aina la
E milimili ia ka haku o na mele e
Ka ua Lenalena Pu’ea o ka pali e
Ka wahine kapu ia o Kama’ule’ule
He mele no ka wahine kapu ‘oe
No Kama’ule’ule he ali’i nui pono la
Aloha no ua Lenalena la
Ka wahine kapu ia o Kama’ule’ule
Kama’ule’ule e ta ua Lenalena e
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Your voice in the winds of sacred upland
Your body in the lighted rain
The voice comes to me on the wind
Sacred goddess of Kama’ule’ule
Your voice glistens
Your body like the sandalwood flower
Sealed forever in sacred
Sacred goddess of Kama’ule’ule
Kama’ule’ule in the sacred rain
Your voice a gift to this land
Closely woven with song
The Lenalena rain on the cliffs of Pu’ea
Sacred goddess of Kama’ule’ule
This song for the sacred goddess
Of Kama’ule’ule the righteous chief
With love for Lenalena
Sacred goddess of Kama’ule’ule
Kama’ule’ule in the ua Lenalena rain
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This song is a mele inoa for Lenalena - the goddess of Wai’anae who was a sacred/spirit lover of Kama’ule’ule - the ali’i of O’ahu. This song speaks of the voice that travels on the wind calling the other forward in the mountains, the sea. The rain - the goddess - sacred to Pu’ea , the cave in Wai’anae Mts. Kama’ule’ule mele is a companion song to Ua Lenalena mele & this one. A trilogy of songs all speak of love & the chief Kama’ule’ule. (Kama’ule’ule - CD Kukuipuka; Ua Lenalena - CD Waiha)
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